Kızılelma Releases Weapons From Its Internal Bay for the First Time
Baykar's Bayraktar Kızılelma released Roketsan's TEBER-82 and Aselsan's TOLUN from its internal weapons bay in late July 2026, flying the tests on the S2 serial...
UCAV
Pakistan Bet Its Drone Industry on NESCOM. It’s Starting to Pay Off. Pro
NESCOM now designs the airframe, the mission architecture, the sensors and the munitions. Quwa unpacks what that makes it — and why Pakistan's UCAV bid...
Anduril Unveils Thunder, an Autonomous Attack Rotorcraft to Fly With the AH-64 Apache
Anduril unveiled Thunder, a Group 5 autonomous tiltrotor built with Archer Aviation to fly as a loyal wingman for the AH-64 Apache, at Farnborough 2026.
How Loyal Wingman UCAVs Are Evolving Into Collaborative Combat Aircraft Pro
A global survey of loyal wingman UCAVs and collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) – the XQ-58 Valkyrie, MQ-28 Ghost Bat, and the rise of the $30M...
RAF launches Storm Fighter Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, anchoring a wider “Storm” drone family
The RAF has named its new Collaborative Combat Aircraft programme Storm Fighter, anchoring a wider Storm drone family built on the in-service Storm Shroud.
KIZILELMA Strikes with ASELSAN’s TOYGUN in First Fully Indigenous Guidance Test
Baykar's Bayraktar KIZILELMA struck a ground target using ASELSAN's TOYGUN targeting system with LGK-82 and TEBER-82 bombs — its first firing to designate targets with...
Analysis: How Pakistan Can Build a Stealth ‘Loyal Wingman’ Drone Plus Pro
A pragmatic alternative to a fifth-generation fighter is taking shape — and a 2021 Quwa analysis predicted much of it. A new Pulse Check episode...
Analysis: How Pakistan Can Design a Loyal Wingman Drone (Republished)
Designing these UCAVs that are approaching manned fighter jets in complexity will give PAC experience and build capacity that it is lacking.